Tegucigalpa - Post Report Question and Answers
What do you wish you had known about this particular city/country before moving there?
How far XPL is from Teg - Jan 2024
How I much I would hate that it is only a two-year tour!! - Aug 2023
I wish I knew more about the various hiring issues; that may have kept me from applying for a job. - Feb 2022
If you have kids, there are many school options. Although all families seem to be happy with their choices, I think it is important to take the time to explore/consider the differences between them. - Oct 2019
Hondurans love pickled stuff. You can get great relish, sauerkraut, etc. with every meal, if you're so inclined. Hondurans know a lot about US culture. Not just like Mickey Mouse and Michael Jordan. I'm talking reruns of What's Happening Now, David Bowie in "Labyrinth", 1980s baseball, really obscure stuff. It actually gets pretty cold from November to February. There's no municipal gas, so cooking is all electric. Power outages are infrequent, but can sometimes stop your meal in its tracks. You have to work a bit to get to really know things. The food seems bland until you get beyond the most common offerings. The city seems like malls and cars until you find all the theaters and bookstores. The people come off as cold and unemotional until they open up to you and become very generous friends. - May 2018
That we would be unable to walk around. That there is nothing to do in the city. That morale is so low and the embassy is so inefficient that both my husband and I have hated living and working here. - May 2018
Crime and violence doesn't have a significant impact on your life. The culture here is pretty similar to the U.S. so it hasn't really been interesting living here. - Apr 2018
The isolation (10-foot walls, tinted car windows) and lack of social options are really tough. - Jun 2016
I wish I would have known what the local teen culture is like; I don't think I would have brought a teen here had I known. - Aug 2015
The effects of crime on movement. - Jul 2015
Although people are nice here, everything seems to be about a hustle and/or getting something out of you. Very few relationships with local people feel genuine to me. - Dec 2014
The embassy has grown beyond its ability to support many areas. - Oct 2014
The availability of American products. I brought things like A-1 steak sauce which you can easily find here. - Aug 2014
Embassy parking under the current management has absolutely no logic -- many officers are on the street or paying US$80 to park in lots while several secretaries have free parking inside. And the CLO has a reserved parking spot outside. Apparently parking used to make sense here so I am not sure what happened. EFM hiring is perceived as unfair and apparently people have been hired even though they have flunked language tests so don't count on your MOH or EFM getting a job. - Jun 2014
Crime. - Jan 2014
